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Charles Bull 1854 1902
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Charles was a supporter of the Liberal Party and a loyal supporter of F. A. Channing M.P., an active member of the Temperance movement in Rushden, a prominent member of the Wesleyan Church where he was also a Sunday school teacher and a member of the Band of Hope. He was an all-round sportsman and belonged to several clubs including the Independent Wesleyan gymnastic club and the Fosse Sports club where he played football, hockey and cricket. He once took 9 wickets without conceding a run! Both Charles and his brother George played for the Northamptonshire Cricket Club when J. P. Kingston was captain.
The cottage where Charles was born was demolished and the plot of ground was later was made into a memorial garden to Fred Knight in 1908/9.
Notes: Charles had retired by 1901 suffering from consumption and died in 1902 but the factory was continued by his son, Charles, in partnership with Alfred Clayton and they traded as 'Bull and Clayton'. In about 1910, as 'Charles Bull & Co.' they built another factory in Manton Road where they remained until about 1925. The building in Park Road was later used by the Echo & Argus as their printing works. The Manton Road factory was later used as one of the John White factories.
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